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From Robert M. Stewart to G.A. Parsons
[page 1]
Executive Department,
Jefferson City, Mo.,
April 5, 1859.
G.A. Parsons,
Adjutant General of Mo.
Sir:
After a brief suspension of aggressive acts on the part of the bandits of Kansas, during which a general pardon has been granted for past offences, so far as the authorities of that [text stricken through] Territory are concerned, a clemency extended under the impression that such a course would secure [text stricken through] order and quiet, I again have information from reliable sources, that the Western border of this State, in Cass and Bates Counties, is threatened anew by a marauding band, organized or being organized, in the territory of Kansas, and that good reasons exist for believing that incursions into Missouri for the purpose of robbery, and perhaps, as before, of arson and murder, are intended thereby.
I, therefore, direct you to repair at once to the district of country exposed to such marauding incursions, and there to make such provision

This letter, dated April 5, 1859, is from Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart to Adj. Gen. G.A. Parsons. Stewart reports that the western border of Missouri in Cass and Bates Counties “is threatened anew by a marauding band” from Kansas. He orders Parsons to travel to the border and take charge of preventing invasions. He authorizes Parsons to organize military companies for the protection of Missouri citizens, and instructs him to seek the cooperation of Kansas authorities. Attached is a copy of the first draft of the letter.

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From Robert M. Stewart to G.A. Parsons
[page 1]
Executive Department,
Jefferson City, Mo.,
April 5, 1859.
G.A. Parsons,
Adjutant General of Mo.
Sir:
After a brief suspension of aggressive acts on the part of the bandits of Kansas, during which a general pardon has been granted for past offences, so far as the authorities of that [text stricken through] Territory are concerned, a clemency extended under the impression that such a course would secure [text stricken through] order and quiet, I again have information from reliable sources, that the Western border of this State, in Cass and Bates Counties, is threatened anew by a marauding band, organized or being organized, in the territory of Kansas, and that good reasons exist for believing that incursions into Missouri for the purpose of robbery, and perhaps, as before, of arson and murder, are intended thereby.
I, therefore, direct you to repair at once to the district of country exposed to such marauding incursions, and there to make such provision